This is such a fascinating study, because it combines genetic sequencing with data on travel
Q: Did Liverpool v Athletico Madrid have a big impact on the spread of the virus?
A: No, because in mid-March 20,000 people were still coming to the UK from Spain *every single day* pic.twitter.com/OhyFpOtUbL
— Rowland Manthorpe (@rowlsmanthorpe) June 9, 2020
What a fascinating tweet. It’s based on this,
I can’t pretend to understand the actual document, but it’s not hard to understand the conclusions. And here’s another thing: 20,000 people arrived from Spain and the same number from France every single day – and 30,000 a day until travel declined – before Johnson’s semi-lockdown was imposed and many, quite possibly the vast majority, will have been Brits returning from their half-term breaks. In early March, there were signs all over Heathrow airport advising people coming from certain countries to self-isolate. It’s likely that many people didn’t bother.
It’s becoming very clear now that Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings were asleep at the wheel when COVID-19 was well down the tracks, they locked down far too late and even then in the most half-arsed manner and they are responsible for countless excess deaths as a result of their incompetence. 63,000 excess deaths so far. Some record to proud of, eh, Boris?
